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Eulogio Despujol y Dusay, 1st Count of Caspe [1] (Catalan: Eulogi Despujol i Dusay; 11 March 1834 – 18 October 1907) served as the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines between 1891 and 1893. Alfonso XII granted him the nobiliary title of Count of Caspe after his win in the battle that took place in the town of the same name during the ...
The governor-general of the Philippines (Filipino: Gobernador-Heneral ng Pilipinas / Kapitan Heneral ng Pilipinas; Spanish: Gobernador y Capitán General de Filipinas; Japanese: フィリピン総督, romanized: Firipin sōtoku) was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed by Mexico City and Madrid (1565–1898) and the United States (1898 ...
The election of governors of the states and the local legislatures shall be direct and in the manner prescribed by their respective electoral laws. State governors serve six-year terms and, like the President of Mexico, they are barred from seeking reelection. No one who has previously held a governorship may run for or serve in the post again ...
He was on his way to Cuba for a volunteer medical mission when he was imprisoned under the orders of Governor-General Eulogio Despujol. 6 October 1896 – Rizal was sent back to the Philippines as a prisoner. 25 October 1896 – Governor-General Blanco included Zambales, Bataan and Sibugay provinces under the state of war.
He was also able to reprint and disseminate former Governor-General José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez's revised version of the "Ordinances of Good Government", a document first drafted by Pedro Manuel de Arandía Santisteban. [6] Meanwhile, in 1804, he proposed the modernization of Manila.
April 3 – Pantaleon Villegas known as Leon Kilat leads a battle against Spanish forces in present-day Cebu City which signals the start of the revolution in Cebu province. April 11 – Basilio Augustín is appointed as Governor-General. April 17 – Local Katipunan members under Ildefonso Moreno conduct an uprising against Spanish colonizers ...
José María Julián de Lachambre Domínguez (16 March 1846 – 13 July 1903) was a senator [1] and the ad interim Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines after Camilo Polavieja was recalled by the Cánovas government who was displeased with Polavieja's policy. [2]
During her term, which concluded in May 2006, she was responsible for constructing an electronic vehicle registration center for Mexico City. [25] [31] She also oversaw the introduction of the Metrobús, a bus rapid transit system with dedicated lanes, and the building of the second story of the Anillo Periférico, Mexico City's ring road. [16]